The shift away from abortion access in Florida opens a new phase in the post-Roe v. Wade world, with severe new limitations on abortion in place across a vast and unbroken stretch of the country. The new landscape further limits access to care for women and is guaranteed to strain reproductive health care services in … Read more
Women across Florida are encountering the new ban, but abortion rights advocates say immigrants in the state and in this county — which has the nation’s highest share of foreign-born residents according to census data — will feel the impact more acutely. They may face language barriers, for instance, or have jobs without paid time … Read more
Texas and Arkansas have similar laws. It’s impossible to know how often women are unable to leave marriages due to pregnancy. Some people may not even try to file for divorce because of the law; as in Destonee’s case, lawyers might simply tell them to come back when they’re not pregnant. Read more at National … Read more
Hailing the 2022 Dobbs v Jackson US supreme court ruling that removed the federal right to abortion, Carson writes: “We must not stop there … the battle over the lives of unborn children is not yet finished. Many states have made abortion illegal because of the Dobbs decision, yet the practice continues in many more … Read more
Missouri’s abortion ban, which threatens doctors with felony charges, has no exceptions for rape or incest. The proposed Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment would enshrine a constitutional right to abortion to the point of fetal viability, which is determined by physicians but is usually around 22 to 25 weeks of pregnancy, and requires the state … Read more
An amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the South Dakota constitution is now one step closer to making the November ballot. Read more at NBC News
The legislation would include an exemption for pregnant women to possess mifepristone and misoprostol for their own consumption, and still allow people who have a “valid prescription” to obtain them from pharmacies. Thus, it appears to be designed to target people who might stockpile abortion pills ahead of their own pregnancy, or the pregnancy of … Read more
Kamala Harris invokes ‘fight for our freedom’ as Florida six-week abortion ban takes effect “This is a fight for freedom – the fundamental freedom to make decisions about one’s own body and not have their government tell them what they’re supposed to do,” said Harris, who has become the Biden campaign’s foremost messenger on abortion. … Read more
Arizona senate passes repeal of 1864 near-total abortion ban Abortion rights advocates have emphasized that repealing the ban is not enough. “This is an important step, but our work isn’t done,” said Ruben Gallego, a US representative of Arizona who is running for Senate. “Arizona women deserve better. That’s why we’re going to pass a … Read more
Trump: It’s up to states to monitor pregnancies, prosecute abortions Former President Trump in a new interview suggested states with restrictive abortion bans might monitor women’s pregnancies and should be left to decide whether to prosecute women for having the procedure. Read more at The Hill Trump on political violence in 2024: ‘If we don’t … Read more
